Rakennusteollisuus RT has produced the Educational material package "Work safety in the construction industry" for use by teachers. The material can be downloaded free of charge from this page one topic at a time.
The material is designed for use by teachers of universities of applied sciences for occupational safety lessons, and it can be adapted to each teacher's own teaching needs.
This is how you utilize the material
- The scope of the material is approximately 25 teaching hours (45 minutes each)
- The Powerpoint material is divided into 21 subject areas.
- The duration of one subject area is one lesson, with the exception of the TTS subject area (two teaching hours with a TTS exercise) and the TR subject area (three teaching hours)
- The material can be used as a separate course or included in other courses where applicable
- As needed, instructional text, references and additional sources have been added to the slides of the material in the PowerPoint program; some of the material contains hidden slides that the teacher can use
- Tasks that can be used in teaching or as homework have also been added to some of the material by subject area
Below you can download the material by subject area
You can use the links below to use the completed units of the teaching package in .pptx format. (Updated 5.7.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX)
1. Occupational safety in general (.pptx)
- Special features of the construction industry
- Why occupational safety
- Zero accident principle
- An individual's opportunity to make an impact
- Basic concepts and definitions of occupational health and safety
2. Accidents, work-related illnesses and dangerous situations (.pptx)
- Work accidents
- Occupational diseases
- Dangerous situations
- Investigation
- Accident descriptions
3. Occupational safety legislation in brief and from the perspective of construction work (.pptx)
- Legislation in general
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Control Act
- Occupational Health Care Act
- Young workers
- Regulation on the safety of construction work
4. Occupational health and safety responsibilities at the site (.pptx)
- The occupational safety obligations of the construction industry are defined in the Occupational Safety Act and specified in the Government Decree on the safety of construction work
- Builder/safety coordinator
- Main implementer/supervisor responsible for occupational health and safety
- Supervisor (regardless of employer)
- Designer
- Employee in certain situations
- Company (community fine, confiscation)
- Examples of judgments
5. Personal protective equipment (.pptx)
- Overview
- Work clothes, knee pads
- Helmet
- Eye protection
- Safety shoes
- Hearing protectors
- Respirators
- Fall arresters
6. Work environment factors (.pptx)
- Electric
- Melu
- Story
- Radiation and lighting
- Thermal conditions
- The purity of the air
- Substances to be processed
7. Construction dust (.pptx)
- Dusts and their disadvantages
- Dust control
- ASBESTOS
8. Order and cleanliness (.pptx)
- Meaning in occupational health and safety
- Organization and waste management plan
- Planning for cleanliness
- Accident preparation, rescue, first aid
- Fire works
9. Load factors in construction (.pptx)
- Physical load and ergonomics
- Intellectual labor protection
10. Machine safety (.pptx)
- Legislation
- Basics of machine safety
- Examples of machine safety
- Crazy
- Circular saw
- Band saw
11. Drop protection (.pptx)
- Fall protection solutions:
- Doing things other than high up
- Railings, opening guards, barriers
- Substitute ways of working
- Personal fall arresters
- The solution to be used is described in detail in the fall protection plan, work plan
12. Lifting and lifting aids (.pptx)
- Withdrawals in general
- Crane operator and underman
- Lifting aids
- Forklifts and reachers
12B. Occupational safety of element installation (.pptx)
- Prefab construction in general
- Elemental
- Reception
- Demolition
- nosto
- Storage
- Installation
13. Racks and worktops (.pptx)
- Staging
- Commissioning and maintenance inspections of racks
- Work trestles and A-ladders
- Ladder
14. Special features of earth construction (.pptx)
- The trenches
- Big machines
- Blasting and excavation work
15. Risk assessment (.pptx)
- Basic
- An example of a risk assessment of hazards identified in a construction project
- Work plan based on risk assessment
16. Safety planning 1 (.pptx)
- The role of plans/design in occupational safety
- Timetable planning
- Safety planning: VA 205/2009, §§ 10 and 11
- Regional plan
- Basic
- Model/example
- Exercise
17. Safety planning 2 (.pptx)
- Recap from earlier
- Dust control plan
- Fall protection plan
- Withdrawal plan
- Basic
- Model/example
- Exercise
18. Safety management in a construction project (.pptx)
- Everyone can affect safety
- Cooperation
- Principles of safety management at the construction site
19. Work safety plan (TTS) (.pptx)
- Basic
- Model/example
- Exercise
20. Weekly maintenance checks (.pptx)
- TR, MVR
- exercises
eIntroduction
eIntroduction is an easy-to-use, self-paced online training for familiarization with general occupational safety issues. More information About eIntroduction and from other eTrainings you can get RATEKO from the homepage.
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